[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813) › 2.58 # 大乘起信論略述 2.58 大乘起信論略述 2.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.58) 論。無有自性　述曰。此即對明。性離惑染義。此亦文略。若具應言。若心有動。無有自性。心性無動。即是自性清淨心義故。謂諸動念皆無自性。清淨心義也。 > \[Treatise:\] It has no self-nature. > \[Exposition:\] This reveals through contrast the meaning of the nature being free from the defilement of afflictions. Here too the text is abbreviated; if full, it should say: If the mind has movement, it has no self-nature; because the mind-nature is free from movement, it has the meaning of the mind being pure in its self-nature. This means that all moving thoughts lack self-nature, \[which is contrasted with\] the meaning of the pure mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.57) - [Next: 2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.59) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813~en-mt.2.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.80) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.58) · Pramāṇa